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Soy isoflavones and immunity.
The amount of soy products consumed in Japan is much greater than that in Western countries. Recent evidence indicates that soy isoflavones play a beneficial role in obesity, cancer, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular disease. The soybean isoflavone genistein is present at high levels in soy products. Genistein is structurally similar to 17beta-estradiol (E2), and genistein has been suggested to ...
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The soybean and its products have been a staple in the Asian diet for centuries. Although intake of soy remains low in most Western populations, the use of soy isoflavone supplements has become commonplace, and an increasing number of food products contain soy ingredients. This review will present an updated summary of the observational results on soy isoflavones and risk of breast cancer devel...
متن کاملSoy Isoflavones and Breast Cancer
Introduction It has been recognized for several decades that the use of legumes in traditional eastern diets has played a significant role in the incidence and mortality of certain disease states. Soy beans and products containing soy possess unique phytochemicals known as isoflavones which are thought to exert many biological effects in the human body. Scientists have proposed that these uniqu...
متن کاملChlorination and nitration of soy isoflavones.
Diets enriched in soy foods containing a high concentration of isoflavonoids are associated with a decrease in the incidence of several chronic inflammatory diseases. Studies with experimental models of diseases, such as atherosclerosis, suggest that these effects can be ascribed to the biological properties of the isoflavones. Since the isoflavones and tyrosine have structural similarities and...
متن کاملGoitrogenic and estrogenic activity of soy isoflavones.
Soy is known to produce estrogenic isoflavones. Here, we briefly review the evidence for binding of isoflavones to the estrogen receptor, in vivo estrogenicity and developmental toxicity, and estrogen developmental carcinogenesis in rats. Genistein, the major soy isoflavone, also has a frank estrogenic effect in women. We then focus on evidence from animal and human studies suggesting a link be...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Medical Investigation
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1343-1420,1349-6867
DOI: 10.2152/jmi.55.167